Wildlife

The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is the kingdom of the brown bear. With a population of over 2,000 bears the rivers get crowded during salmon spawning season. See how the brown bears thrive in this gorgeous northern landscape cradled by volcanoes and glaciers.

The Katmai National Park on the Alaska Peninsula is the kingdom of the brown bear. With a population of over 2,000 bears the rivers get crowded during salmon spawning season. Watch the brown bears in this gorgeous landscape cradled by volcanoes and glaciers.

Following a large family of gorillas over nine years, this film captures many aspects of unique behavior as well as revealing touching stories of compassion among this gorilla family in the tropical rainforests of Gabon.

Arguably in the top three on everyone's list of "cutest animals", the koala lives a sleep-filled life. This film follows the koala community of Otway Forest, south of Melbourne, Australia. How do koalas behave? -- and when are they awake?

Shot in the savannah of western Uganda, this program features unique footage of hippo behavior never before caught on tape. A 4-ton hippo leaping as gracefully as a dolphin must be seen to be believed! Watch life unfold in the area known as "Hippo Paradise", home to more than 5,000 hippos.

This program paints a portrait of the lives of the bison through the changing seasons of the North American prairie. Battling back from near extinction, these awesome animals roam a landscape stretching 3,000 kilometers from north to south.

Inhabiting forests in the dry regions of southern Madagascar, the distinctively marked ring tailed lemurs live in female dominated groups. Life among the group can be quite contentious at times, with females engaging in scuffles with their young on their backs.

Each year an overwhelming assemblage of wild creatures, including krill, herrings, whales, and sea birds, invades the sea for just a few hours. Local people call it “Aleutian Magic” but not many have witnessed this phenomenon or even know where it occurs.

This story takes place in the vast northern land near the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Hokkaido. Taking center stage are two mother Hokkaido red foxes caring for 10 pups. The mothers, who are in fact mother and daughter, each use their strengths and display amazing parental teamwork.

So, you think you know penguins? Experience life in "Penguin Paradise", on South Island, New Zealand, from which the first penguins are supposed to have evolved. Home to unusual penguins like the Little Penguin, and the forest-dwelling crested Fiordland Penguin - it is a penguin wonderland!

The Comb-crested Jacanas are unique birds that use their long toes to walk delicately across lotus leaves and catch underwater prey. This episode, filmed between the rainy season and dry season in Kakadu, follows a father bird raising his chicks through their dramatic and difficult first year.

During summer, the Atlantic coast of the northeastern United States attracts huge amounts of fish and wildlife. Particularly interesting are the basking sharks, the world’s second-largest fish, and the leatherback sea turtles, which weigh one ton and are the world’s largest reptile.

This episode highlights the true strength of the polar bears, rulers of the ice kingdom, as they raise their cubs in extreme conditions in the Arctic. A mother bear emerges from her months of hibernation and guides her cub through his first year of life.